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Dame Edith Evans

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Dame Edith Evans 1888-1976, English actress. After her stage debut in 1912, Evans toured with Ellen Terry. Known for her resonant voice, she worked with the Old Vic (1925-26) and had a distinguished career on the stage and in films. She was celebrated for her performances in Elizabethan, Restoration, and 18th-century drama, as well as in modern works. Evans was made Dame of the British Empire in 1946. Her notable films include The Importance of Being Earnest (1953), Tom Jones (1963), The Whisperers (1967), and A Doll's House (1973). Bibliography: See study by J. C. Trewin... Read more

Evans, Dame Edith Mary
Evans, Dame Edith Mary (1888–1976), distinguished English actress, who made her London début as Cressida in Poel's production of Troilus...Antoine ( Chichester , 1971), and made her last appearance on the stage at the Haymarket Theatre in 1974 in a programme entitled Edith ... Read more

Evans, Dame Edith
Evans, Dame Edith (1888–1976) English stage and screen actress. While with the Old Vic (1925–26, 1936), Evans played many roles, including the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet . She is perhaps best remembered as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest . Read more

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	Theatre: She ain't nothing like the Dame! ; BLAME it on Dame Edith Evans! She started it all. Booming with a...haaaaand-bag!" The words, as shrieked by Edith Evans, made it hard, to say the least, for...instance, ran into a storm louder than any Edith Evans sonic boom when she played Lady Bracknell... Read more
	Sir Johns stop the traffic as they honour legendary dame of English theatre ; Sir John Mills watches as Sir John Gielgud unveils a plaque at the former home of Dame Edith Evans, writes David Lister. Earlier, the traffic in Ebury Street, central London, had ground to a halt, a small crowd of startled onlookers...Sir John Gielgud, at the age of 93, gave what could be his last public ... Read more
	Sybil, a star in a cardie; Selfless and unassuming: Actress Dame Sybil Thorndike in 1932. ; ...Arditti WHEN Sybil Thorndike and Edith Evans were appearing together in N. C...The Moon, the producer decided that Evans, playing a flamboyant socialite...Gielgud, a friend of both, described Evans as the greater actress, but Thorndike... Read more
	The Arts: Film: A quivering lip and a blithe British sprit Too colourful, and not quite the perfect Miss Marple. Dame Margaret Rutherford also held secret a murder mystery tale of her own. ; ...Benn MP sighs as he recalls his cousin, the actress, Dame Margaret Rutherford. I've got a photograph of myself...sweet-natured matriarch. She was never as haughty as Dame Edith Evans (a ferocious Lady Bracknell to her Miss Prism in The... Read more
	Dame Peggy Ashcroft, 83, Dies; Star of British Stage, Screen ; Dame Peggy Ashcroft, 83, who reigned for years...Elizabeth II created Miss Ashcroft a Dame of the Order of the British Empire. She...seen on TV, including Olivier as Lear." Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft was born in Croydon...in which she appeared with Olivier and Dame Edith Evans under ... Read more
	Dame Judi hits fever pitch; Actress's effect and timing are judged to perfection: FIRST NIGHT: Hay Fever, Gielgud.(Theater review) ; ...aged as well as wine, tortoises and Dame Judi Dench, who effortlessly commandeers...costumes. The atmosphere, though, entices. Dame Judi's Judith, first seen swanning through...smallest of kisses on Judith's back. Dame Judi, effect and timing beautifully...scooping them up like shrimps in a net. ... Read more
	Obituaries: Dame Wendy Hiller ; Dame Wendy Hiller, actress Born: 15 August, 1912, in Cheshire Died: 14 May, 2003, in Buckinghamshire, aged 90 SHE was an actress...Theatre work at this time included the London productions of The Heiress, Waters of the Moon (with Sybil Thorndike and Edith Evans) and Rattigan's Separate Tables (which she ... Read more
	Hollywood romance masks gritty reality of life in old Wales; As Marc Evans' new film Dal: Yma/Nawr takes to the cinema screens,Ian Parri looks at how Wales has traditionally been depicted on celluloid.(News) ; ...Williams' The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949),portrayed by Dame Edith Evans, where she was played as a very strong character very...That was a neat enough film, shot inRhydymain, and Edith Evans and Hugh Griffith were wonderful in it.'' In spite... Read more
	Obituary: Dame Dorothy Tutin ; ...Gwendolen" - she added, "Everyone on the film was very kind to me, except that I didn't have such a happy time with Edith Evans. It was just one of those tragic things that happen when you're young. I did get to know her later and I adored her... Read more
	Honour for Sien.(News) ; ...English-born stage and screen actresses rightly honoured in the past with the title dame, to name a few Dame Edith Evans, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Dame Wendy Hiller, Dame Joan Plowright, Dame Thora Hird, Dame Julie Andrews, Dame Elizabeth Taylor. We... Read more

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